E3: The Far Cry 2 demo (1/3)

The nice developers of Ubisoft Montréal took some time for us with a developer walkthrough of Far Cry 2 and here is the first part of it, played on Xbox 360. The mission is quite similar to the Ubidays demo, but it has a much better AI and a finally stable framerate. More importantly, the player is far more gifted than last time, and it changes a lot. Following parts will come soon.

Posted by vspectra06Wow, this game looks amazing, even on consoles. The dynamic vegetation and volumetric lighting looks great.

Even on? Where have you been since, the 360 was released? lol
Why is he aiming down the ironsights every single time he is shooting at someone, even at like 5m range? I hope this isnt one of those games where your accuracy magically goes up (or bullet spread goes down) just because you are aiming down the sights :(

Posted by BaleurEven on? Where have you been since, the 360 was released? lol
Why is he aiming down the ironsights every single time he is shooting at someone, even at like 5m range? I hope this isnt one of those games where your accuracy magically goes up (or bullet spread goes down) just because you are aiming down the sights :(

I haven't seen any open-world games with this level of detail on the PS3 or 360. Care to name me some? Oblivion looks pretty bad compared to this. I expected the textures to look a little bland on the console versions.

Posted by BaleurEven on? Where have you been since, the 360 was released? lol
Why is he aiming down the ironsights every single time he is shooting at someone, even at like 5m range? I hope this isnt one of those games where your accuracy magically goes up (or bullet spread goes down) just because you are aiming down the sights :(

Since there's no crosshair it kind of makes sense... ironsights=more accurate shooting. You don't have to use them if you don't want but it'll make picking off enemies a hell of a lot easier

The AI is absolutely awful. Other than that it looks pretty good though, maybe a bit slow. I'm sure if the AI was improved that would make it more intense though. It's sad to see that once you've seen a game for the first time however, the AI rarely improves before release. Developers always say they're working to make it better, but I never see it.

Posted by SweRichieI hope they were playing on "Retarded difficulty" otherwise the game is in some serious need of damage balancing. Far Cry Rambo?

I don't know what difficulty he was playing. Snoopers do you know? I know that in case of presentations of a game, they set a low level of difficulty because else the player would more likely die during the session. And it is not convenient during a presentation to restart the game.

Posted by vspectra06I haven't seen any open-world games with this level of detail on the PS3 or 360. Care to name me some? Oblivion looks pretty bad compared to this. I expected the textures to look a little bland on the console versions.

There's really no evidence out there that the 360 has shown its age graphically yet; the newest games still manage to wow people with its visuals. Oblivion is a poorly optimized, 1st-generation PC port that simply isn't an indicator of the 360's power.

KORNdog
that's my understanding of it anyway based on the little i've read about it. seems like it'll happen though. (28 minutes ago)

KORNdog
less risks (not like ubi are particualrly great in that regard anyway) and just barrier for them to do their job. (30 minutes ago)

KORNdog
@Moonwalker: it would be a conglomerate and that can be creatively very limiting if they don't fully understand the industry they've just dipped their toe in by buying a major publisher. (30 minutes ago)

Sdarts
Also, for the first time in BioWare's history, they are finally using full facial capture to record the actor's performance. Plus its the first time the Mass Effect team is using the Frostbite engine. (38 minutes ago)

nostradamus
@Moonwalker: well, i'll on a leg and say its a "lie". It seems on par with DA:I, and if they think thats fine for a reveal trailer, then it doesn't bode well for the final product. (44 minutes ago)

nostradamus
almost finishing jak and daxter. So much fun. Whay are a pos knack 2 being made, and not a new Jak? (52 minutes ago)